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Peer reviewedMcConachie, Helen R.; Sinason, Valerie – Child Care, Health and Development, 1989
This paper provides a brief summary of a workshop held at the Wolfson Centre, London, England, on assessment of children with multiple disabilities. In addition, the paper offers guidelines for good assessment practice, emphasizing the need for assessment to be an ongoing, multidisciplinary process. (JDD)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedTender, N. E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
The Communication Observation Schedule (COS) records systematically the pragmatics of communication with children who have deaf-blindness and are functioning from the prelanguage to true words level. The COS provides the opportunity to record the purpose of an interaction, who initiates and who responds to it, the mode of response, and whether the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deaf Blind, Evaluation Methods, Interaction
Peer reviewedFox, Robert A.; Wade, Erin J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
A study investigated the incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 86 adults with severe mental retardation. Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 15% of the sample met the diagnostic criteria. This measure was not influenced by chronological age, adaptive age, IQ, or gender. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Marks, Ron – 1990
The study evaluated the validity, reliability, and effectiveness in providing needed information of the Montana Functional Vision Assessment (MFVA) Instrument by comparing it with the Texas Education Agency Functional Vision Assessment and field testing the instrument in evaluations of nine multihandicapped students (ages 3-11). Evaluation led to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Preschool Education
Curtis, W. Scott; And Others – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Deaf Blind, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Dal Pozzo, Earlene; Bernstein, Gail S. – 1987
Intended for personnel in programs serving persons with developmental disabilities, the booklet provides basic information about the major psychiatric disorders and their treatment. Five sections cover: the major disorders; medications--uses and problems; assessment; cooordination of services; and psychiatric emergencies. Major disorders such as…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textSailor, Wayne; Goetz, Lori – 1981
The final report presents summary data on the accomplishments of a project serving deaf-blind children who were also severely, multiply handicapped. The project operated a model classroom for six to eight students in a San Francisco public school to develop and demonstrate innovative educational practices and assessment systems for visual and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deafness, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1981
The second of a three volume report on a University of Kansas approach to developing quantitative measures of motor and perceptual motor functioning in nonhandicapped and severely/multiply handicapped infants and young children presents interobserver reliability results from the measures described in volume 1. Some studies also include a limited…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Evaluation Methods, Infants, Motor Development
Tobin, M. J.; Myers, S. O. – 1978
The final report describes a project to devise and field test methods of assessing short-term memory in deaf blind children. It is explained that four tests of short-term memory were devised (Body Touch - Sighted Version, Body Touch - Blind or Blindfolded Version, Removed Object Test, and Finger Touch Test) and field tested with 32 children (8-15…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedKlein, B.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
The article describes the Parent and Toddler Training Project, a research-based early intervention program for visually impaired and blind multihandicapped infants, toddlers, and their families in the Western Pennsylvania area. Project purposes include increasing infant social responsiveness, developing parenting skills, reducing family…
Descriptors: Blindness, Evaluation Methods, Infants, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedBeck, Frances W.; Rockhold, Thayne – Volta Review, 1979
The author provides suggestions for audiologic assessment and aural rehabilitation of mentally retarded hearing impaired children. A practical screening procedure is described, and specific aspects of auditory training are considered. (SBH)
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Training, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Peer reviewedWacker, David P.; And Others – School Psychology Review, 1988
Two case examples illustrate how single-case designs (alternating treatments, multiple baseline, and reversal) can be used to evaluate manipulable influences on school performance. In each case, the success of an intervention plan is evaluated within the single-case design. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Influences
Peer reviewedDonahue, Mavis; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1994
This paper reviews the growing body of research on relationships among language disorders and behavioral/emotional disorders, focusing on three populations of children: (1) children identified as having language impairments; (3) children with emotional/behavioral disorders; and (3) children who are withdrawn. Co-occurrence of language and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Development, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSchanel-Klitsch, Eileen; Ciner, Elise B.; Appel, Sarah; Graboyes, Marcy – RE:view, 1999
A study examined detailed data on 100 consecutive Special Populations Assessment and Rehabilitation Center patients and found the program to be successful in conducting interdisciplinary visual evaluations of those with multiple impairments. The types of adaptive-testing procedures used for visual acuity and visual field testing are described. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Evaluation Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2000
The first in seven sets of guidelines based on the consensus of experts in the treatment of psychiatric and behavioral problems in mental retardation (MR) focuses on diagnosis and assessment. It includes the definition and levels of mental retardation, difficulties in diagnosing psychiatric and behavioral problems in the presence of MR, assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances
